JavaScript in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

by Ballard, Phil; Moncur, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780672336089
• ISBN10: 0672336081
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-09
• Publisher: Sams Publishing

Summary

Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours, Fifth Editionis the freshest, easiest guide to modern JavaScript development. Extensively updated to reflect JavaScript's growing use with HTML5 and CSS3, this full-color book is now even more valuable to inexperienced web developers. Packed with large illustrations, it presents all code in color, helping readers quickly understand program components, structure, and behavior. These outstanding visuals are complemented with a friendly writing style based on practical, complete examples. Readers gain hands-on mastery of syntax, program control, functions, objects, DOM, CSS, libraries, media, and more. As they develop foundational skills, they also learn newer techniques such as: * Using JavaScript, Ajax, and XMLHTTPRequest to improve interactivity * Leveraging jQuery and jQuery-UI libraries * Working with JavaScript and HTML5 together Step-by-step instructions walk readers through key tasks... Q and As, Quizzes, and Exercises test their knowledge... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice... "Watch Out!" alerts help them avoid problems. By the time they're finished, readers won't just understand core concepts: they'll be comfortable solving real problems with JavaScript.

Author Biography

Phil Ballard is a professional web consultant specializing in website and intranet design, search engine optimization, server-side scripting, client-side design, and programming and hosting. He has written a number of books and online tutorials, including Sams Teach Yourself Ajax in 10 Minutes.

Michael Moncur is the owner of Starling Technologies, a consulting firm specializing in networking and the Internet. He is also a freelance webmaster and author, and has written books on JavaScript, networking, and MCSE training.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introducing JavaScript
1. Why JavaScript?
2. JavaScript Basic Syntax
3. JavaScript Conditional Statements, Loops and Control Structures
4. JavaScript Functions and Objects
5. Object Oriented Programming

Part II. The Document Object Model (DOM)
6. Introduction to the DOM
7. Responding to Events
8. Navigating and Editing the DOM Tree
9. Getting and Setting Attribute Values

Part III. CSS Styling
10. Cascading Style Sheets
11. Controlling Style with JavaScript
12. Animation

Part IV. Ajax
13. The XMLHTTPRequest object
14. Creating a simple Ajax library
15. Debugging Ajax
16. Putting Ajax Together

Part V. JavaScript Libraries
17. Advantages of Libraries
18. Introducing Some Popular Libraries
19. A Closer Look at jQuery Worked Examples with jQuery
20. Using the jQuery-UI User Interface Library

Part VI. Using JavaScript with Other Web Technologies
21. JavaScript and Multimedia
22. JavaScript and Flash
23. HTML5 and JavaScript
24. JavaScript Outside the Browser

Part VII. Appendices
A. Tools for JavaScript Development
B. JavaScript Quick Reference
C. DOM Quick Reference